Born and raised in Vancouver, B.C., Kreuk began acting in plays in high school, but mostly focused on her schoolwork rather than the stage.  Fate came calling at the beginning of her senior year when a casting director looking for new talent for the Canadian series Edgemont tapped Kreuk for a starring role. It was her first professional audition.

The next year, she not only scored the title role of the television movie Snow White opposite Miranda Richardson, she landed the lead role of Lana Lang on the series Smallville, while continuing her role on Edgemont. 

In addition to being a face of Neutrogena for six years, Kreuk performed a cameo in the film Eurotrip opposite Matt Damon, starred in the Sci Fi miniseries Earthsea opposite Isabella Rossellini, and starred in the Canadian feature Partition opposite Jimi Mistry, as well as the FOX feature Streetfighter: The Legend of Chun Li and the independent Vampire.

She traveled to Morocco to star in the retelling of Ben Hur; appeared in a well-received arc on Chuck, showing off her lighter side; and starred in the features Ecstasy (based on Irvine Welsh’s follow up to his bestseller Trainspotting) and Space Milkshake.  She starred in (four seasons) and executive produced the final season of Beauty & the Beast, as well as four seasons as the star and Executive Producer of Burden of Truth. Most recently, she’s seen in the series Reacher.